This letter will be presented to you by Mr. Lear, whom I beg leave (if he should go to France) to recommend to your civilities. He is a person who possesses my entire friendship & confidence; and will not be found unworthy of your acquaintance as he will have it in his power to give you an acct., which you may rely on, of the true situation of things in this Country.

Mercantile pursuits have induced him to leave my family; by these he is carried to Europe for a short stay, only.